Confessions of an Agent

Upcoming issue of SI names "30 former college football players alleged to have taken money or some other extra benefit in violation of NCAA rules. The primary source of these allegations is Josh Luchs, who has been a certified NFL agent for 20 years." First person account by Luchs, as told to George Dohrmann.

This falls into the "Heard About the Lindbergh Baby" school of journalism. This practice is ancient and I'd bet damn near universal one way or the other. And why not? I don't see anything wrong with it in terms of business ethics. College football has no ethics, just rules, and I don't care about them.

George Dohrmann - whose new book on amateur hoops I highly recommend - is SI's 21st Century version of Douglas Looney and Don Yaeger. He's had numerous outstanding investigative pieces, even if he'll probably write 50 more years and never have anything as big as the story he broke when he was 27. On his Twitter, Dorhmann says this is the best story he's ever done for SI.

George Dohrmann - whose new book on amateur hoops I highly recommend - is SI's 21st Century version of Douglas Looney and Don Yaeger. He's had numerous outstanding investigative pieces, even if he'll probably write 50 more years and never have anything as big as the story he broke when he was 27. On his Twitter, Dorhmann says this is the best story he's ever done for SI.

Leaf has been a douche since he was 15 years old, but actually, I thought one of the best anecdotes in the story was Leaf giving Luchs $10,000 in cash in an unspoken understanding that he was paying back what he took.